Grab driver in Malaysia accused of rape remanded for six days

SERDANG–A driver working for popular ride-hailing company Grab who was accused of raping a female passenger has been remanded for six days beginning Monday.

Earlier, Serdang OCPD Asst Comm Megat Mohamad Aminudin Megat Alias said police had received a report from a 29-year-old woman who claimed that she had been raped by a Grab driver on her way home at 4am on Sunday.

“She claims that the driver took advantage of her near her house in Bandar Putra Permai in Seri Kembangan and she couldn’t fight him off because she was drunk,” he said in a statement on Monday.

The woman said the driver sent her home after that.

Police arrested the 30-year-old driver at his house in Sg Buloh on Sunday night and seized his car as well as the clothes he was wearing when he allegedly committed the crime.

The case is being investigated under Section 376 of the penal code for rape.

Grab has not responded to The Star’s request for more information.

This case comes just weeks after a pregnant woman said she was robbed at knife-point by a driver from rival ride-hailing company Uber on May 21.

Sales assistant Wong Mei Yan, 26, who was over a month into her pregnancy, said she suffered a miscarriage about a week after the incident./rga